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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1915)
rM X "- 'AOB 4. TUB DKKI) HUM.CTIX, RENO, OKE yXinSKBpAY,,jlVhY ii, 101. "jf 1 ffHEBEND BULLETIN JflJOiblislicl Every Wednesday) if. 1 twe'en times, with a hundred dollar n month helper. It would bo too wearying to go further. Sufflco to say that Cull for nln assuredly seems to hnvo a re Jnnrkably flourishing public payroll She Is richer, nnd larger, than Ore- pon, but her imvroll and ours are out or all proportion. Perhaps California Is cxtravagaTt. (Jeuerally epcaklng, Oregon certain ly Is not. In fact, In many instances, we nro positively niggardly, and thoso who know the men In public cilice nnd know their work, reallzu this. Hlnulv the tax n.-ivurs will lonrn thnt good men are worth a fair price t uiui nun 11 ih jiu ucuuuuiy ui lurce f-All niilmrrltitlnnR nro duo nnd them Into nrlvntu life slmnlv because JAYAHLKIN ADVANCE. Notices of thoy hnve to make a decent living xpirntlon arc mailed subscribers and GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM Publisher nOUEUT W. SAWYER Mnnnclnc Kdltor '- jji?lndependent newspaper standi Kflfor the squnro dear1, "clean busl' jssjclonn politics and. tho, best In reata of -Rend and Central Oregon. uoryonr $1.60 xTmonthi 80 nreo months CO., m pass? U. S. Forestry omclals please copy, j, . i , , , , : ! . 4 ; r It's n fair supposition) that the Peerless Header Is preparing toilead his party at the polls again in 1916 to his customary defeat. , Peace at any price, snys Ilryan, but he' Is more particular about his Chautauqua engagements. "Six months of war to make us wealthy" says n newspaper heading. It Isn I worth tho price. TWO GREAT INVENTORS. ftronowal g n0, nindo within rcason- UHrtlmo tho paper will bo dlscotu inued. "jPloaso notify us promptly of any bango of address, or of lallttro to ro ilvo tho paper regularly. Otherwise o.wlll not be responsible tor copies .fssod. Make nil chocks and orders pay ola to Unnd llullctln. Speaking of roads, It Is authori tatively stated that Hell Is paved with good Intentions. Which goes to show that If Sam Hill happens to miss tho pearly gates In his celestial roadster he can muke good there about, For tliero never was n get-roads-qulck millionaire with mora good intentions than Sam, seldom one who mnnnged to make moro peo plo sore whllo ho was trying to do spmelhlng for them which thoy did not want done. As woll ns alimony, thero was some acrimony, connected with Jefferson's divorce from Crook. The eastern Oregon wheat crops woio -never bigger, nnd the prices senrccly ever higher. Jefferson county hns sold her share In tho property of Crook county. Who will sell next? Tho Northwest Miller says: "Tho crop conditions In the Northwest are nearly perfect." Again It's to be a record whent crop. And the prices promlso to avi ate, too. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21. 101.1. ORECJON SALARIES. Every now and then, und ospeclnl- vkwnen icgisinnvu sohsious npproacn and "economy " Is a desirable pass ijvplrdj we hear a deal of too ninny enlhrlcB and too higli salntl.H bolng pnjd Oregon olllclnls. It Is, In fact, quite tho usual thing to maintain thtlt men In public olllco do not cum .thijlr pay. As a matter of fact, wo nro of tho opinion that, generally speaking, tho man In public lifo eomcH nearer earn ing' what he gets than tho ordinary run of salary receiving Individuals. Especially so ulicn ono considers that uooncr or filter tho olllco holder Is turned out; he Is not advancing ns Is tho man who works woll for n 1 corporntlon, nor Is ho accumulating or building up property, nu do those who work for themselves. , Especially Is the Oregon official J moagorly paid. Throughout, the Bnl arloB given tho higher stnte officers nro not commensurate with their re sponsibilities. Certr.lnlv they nver ngp loss than men doing similarly linpnrtnnt work In the business world. Oregon linB no real cnuso to growl , r.bout her nlllclal salaries. IV) r In stance, thoy nre far bclov.' tho Htnn dard of Callfomln. Not only that, but there nry. Inllnltoly fewer officials Hero. And Callfomln does not seem to hnvo tho remit at Ion of being n profllgnto with tho tax payors' mon ey, i Hut compnred with Oregon our rotithori neighbor Is a high roller or -trrftrfl. witter. The "llluo Honk" of Callfomln has Just appeared. If you havu patloifco, nolo some of the following comparl tons nnd tuon bo Ivsh critical of the Oregon office holders whoso "plum" ns tho papers universally call his Job, It not .half as juicy as It some times sounds. Hero Is tho, payroll of tho Govor- WI n II HI IV III vumwiniM. uuiuniui SlO.OOf.. prlvnto secretnry $6,000; executive secretary $3,000; Btonog rapher $2,000; stenographer $1,!00; messenger $1,.00. And hero Is Ore gon's: Governor $5,000. secretnry i $3,000; stenographer $1,200; Bton ngrnpljor $l,(ltO:1 Cullfomln's ex k ecutlvo olllco costs Boniobody $20,- 1-,000'ln salaries. Oregon s coutH $10,- 200, Then there Is a lieutenant gov ernor In California at it,000. Circuit Judges In Oregon receive $4,000, Their equivalent In Cali fornia gel $7,000. California's Hocrolury of stato and treasurer eoch lrnw down $5,000. Qr'ejjon'H receive $1,500. And Cali fornia iiIho has n controller, at $5,000 nti'd'three meniberH of u board of con trol, at $5,000 each. In Oregon the work of these four officials Is handled by thu secretary of stnle. tho treasur er and the governor. And In Cali fornia the oxtru expense In olllco ujordlnateH seems about proportion nisjwfhu difference in the principals. !0wn south the attorney's pay chock Is Hindu out for $(i,000. Here Mr. Drown hIk'ih for $3. COO. , Next In thu Mine Hook we llml a surveor wnernl. with $5,000 anil n IIIdh of subordinate totalling nlxnit $17,000 annunllv. Thero "ain't no suoli animal" In Oregon. California allows Its stnto printer $6, QuO. OrHjfou'H recoUett jl.soo ; And tlin eoniparntlvo cost of the two plants appears to bo In about the HAiun ratio. I The California!) superintendent of, nubile luHtruction u on the pay roll ' for $5,000. Mr. Churchill gets. $3,000. Cullfornlu'B clerk or tho supreme court takes $5,000 from the treas ury; Oregon's seeing sallstled with $3,000. Tho Adjutant General In tho Hoar l'liig atato lias for his honorarium 53.000. while dur own receives $2.- 400, which Is just $600 lens than California s "assUtunt adjutant gen eral" edges out of the kitty. Then thero nro flvo railroad com nttsaloueni In California each of whom takes $S,000. Oregon has three commissioners who earn $4,000 aplcco. A prosperous blinking department In Callfomln pay Its superintendent $10,000. and his chief deputy $1,000 not to'montlon nn mtorooy. at $ 4.80ft, mill nn niHlstunt nt 13.600. Oregon's efficient luiperluteude'nt got $3,000 nnd hns about one. sUlh of the office force, nnd Itvss tluuCthut of tho otftco cost, of his mutb down In El Dorado land. Then e find a "superintendent of rapltol building and grounds" In Cal lrnrnla nt S3.000. with u wonderful list pt high pay nsslalanu, Oregon's II secretary of state does that work bo- V It hns been well said that tho wild life of today Is not wholly ours, to dispose of as we please. It h.is been given to ub In trust. Wo must account for It to thoso who come af ter us and audit on- rccoids. And It Ib the septlment back of those words which has developed tho llsh and gume protective work which Is being actively nnd successfully conducted In nearly every stntc In tho Union. This year there Is ono ndvantngo of being off the main lino of travel; wo don't hnvo to stop everything else to entertain Governors, Liberty Rolls and eastern belles, Shrlners, Elks and nil the rest of the traveling tribes which keep Portland busy morning, noon and most of tho nights. A pessimist looks at the war clouds; an optimist looks at the mills. "Submarines add to safety," says a newspaper heading. WIiobo safety? Tho Rig Drought Is almost bore. Only live moro mouths to Oregon dry. Well, we're getting UBed to hav ing the mill built. Next! J, Wo'ro glnd tho Deschutes valley grows pine, not fir. TliaJr- Foresight Did Not Equal Their Ingenloui Ability. Vfif lttf(n.in..tirlf. (.t-Aii Itii'nntnra An not comprehend the significance of the thing they have produced, 'An Inter- citing anecdote of two fninoui men of science whose foresight did i(tjt .equal their Inventive ability appeal In l.es Inventions HIiiMtreei. .When Ileiu tlrst begntl to obtain sat isfactory results from his now fntiiou reicntvhci Into the possibility of tram mlttlug elec'tllc wnve.i certain men or science suggested thnt some dny nl ml tar vlbrntloiH might serve to transmit messages through space. Hertz luugh ed at the hypothesis nnd assured nil comers that his experiments were fur laboratories only. Now. nftcr u few short jours. It Is haul to find n single Issue of a dully paper thnt does not record some noteworthy example of the use of wireless telegraphy. Levassor was the great engineer who sketched the automobile with such skill that his design has not been material. ly'.itngcd to this dny. After Levas' .or accomplished his historic trip from Paris to Rotdeaux mid return at the dizzy speed of about fifteen miles an hour his admirers gnvc him n ban quet. During the (ousts one of them, stirred by the spirit of the occasion, rose nnd enthusiastically called on the assembly to drink to the approaching day when carriages should travel nt the speed of sixty miles nu hour l.evnssor turned to bis nearest neigh bor mid linked In n quit k undertone. 'Why Is It that after every banquet some pcrfplc feci culled on to make fools of themselves?" RE SHOW at the ND THEATRE FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY NIGHTS. 4 REELS. IF YOU APPRECIATE GOOD PICTURES COME. I nnd nlwnys have believed In the com- FOR SALE or TRADE Team potency of the Commission. Tho horse, weight 3000 pounds or wlll statement of the Company that wo , trade for real estate. Nixon 19tf . ever thought otherwise Is a dellber- FOR SALE Two thoroughbred ate misstatement and Is not founded POLAND CHINA pigs, Bptlng boars, upon fnctB. This, however, can bo j25 ench. Pedigrees free with each expected, for It Is Just one of mnny!pigi 41 stock Ranch, L. O. Keed.V A 10 you going to tho Exposition? It's worth It. . - ,. Ellhu Root seems to bo qtilto n favorite son of tho Republican party. Ho Is of a calibre which would win widespread support. If Hughes will not have It, Hoot can deliver the goods n yenr from November. And thero nro others, too. Dcsplto his four million dollars, his now honors nnd the fact that ho was bom In Norway, Simon Ilonson souniB pretty typically American the best kind of self-made Amerlcnu. At Snlom all boys under 14 years of ago are, admitted free to baseball games, And now It's next to Impos sible to II nil a boy of 16 or over In; mu town. Puzzlo; township. find a pessimist In this All export records were brokon In April. Tho "I told you so' busy. chorus Is now Oregon hus seen tho Llbortv licit. Rut tho real symbol of continued liberty Is tho school boll, for educa tion Is tho bulwark of freedom. Grnpo Julcn In no longer r.n official hovorngo. Perhaps llrynn's succes sor .can l Induced to try Oregon lo ganberry Juice. They tronted ub well at our Chau tauqua, and wo must romombor when our friends over at Sisters hold their fair. INSURANCE MEN HERE. Rolln Watt, manager for' tho Paclflq department of tho Royal and Queen Insurnnco companies or sail' Francisco, accompanied by his wife, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Rurko of Portland motored from Portlnud Frldny, com Ing to Rend through tho McKcnzle pass In n driving rnln. Mr. Rurko is general manager for tho Roynl and Queen Hisurnuco companies with his district na Washington nnd Ida ho, with headquarters In Portlnnd, Mr. Watt Is n director of tho First National Dank of San Francisco and for tho past 16 yenrs has boon presi dent of tho Y. M. C A. of that city. The pnrty Is' touring Jn. a now mpdpl KrnnkUn, nnd will Btop'for ono day Uniting nt tho W. P. Vandovort place, Tfliey roportod tho roads In fair con TODAY YEAR'S HOTTEST. Today lias been tho hottost dny of tho year In Rend according to tho thermometer nt tho local weather station, Tho mercury stood nt 9G itogrcoB at 2:30 this afternoon, The next hottest dny of the present month How about completing that road , was July 2. tho thermometer regis- Improvement over tho McKondo terlng 96 degrees. American Bakery WAI l struct OUR PASTRY AND RREA1) Is nl- ways, good. Wo nlso hnvo Fresh -, Fruits and Vegetables. Ica Cream nnd Confectionery. Our goods nro' fresh dally. Let us earn for your wants. Satisfaction guaranteed, Prlcos right, TELEPHONE I1UIUIC -111. SHRINER & HUEY ItEND IRON MN WATER. f It Takes Only the Leaet Little Dlt to Make Itiolf Felt. Half a part per million of Iron In water Is detectable b.t taste, and more Hum four or live pints makes wutcr uu palatable. In some mineral springs Iron li the constituent which Imparts n inedlclinil value to the water, but or dlnnrlly It Is undesirable. More thnnt '.'.."i parts pcrmllllon in water used rot laundering makes a stnln on the clothes. Iron must be removed from water from which Ice Is made or 11 cloudy, discolored product will result An Iron content of over two or threi parts per million In water used In the iniiniifacture or paper will stain the pillar. , Iron Is harmful In water ucd for steaming, for It Is In equilibrium with acids which Inside the boiler become dissociated, with the result thnt the free acids corrode the boiler plates, but the amount of Iron carried In solution by most waters Is so small (hat the damage It does to steam boiler gen orally amounts to little. Witters having n high Iron content have In some places, whore they have been used its oily supplies, caused an Immense amount of trouble und ex pense, for thoy favor , .the, .grywth of cronothrlx to such 11 degree thnt the water pipes become clogged with I he Iron sheaths of that organism. The re moval of Iron from water Is sometlmen easy 11 rid sometimes very difficult Uulted Stute Geological Hurtey. such statements the company hns made sinco this fight started, which subsequent events proved wore In correct. We pass It up for what It Is worth. The company tells you that It ask ed for a hearing beforo tho Commis sion. That Is true, but let us sec why they nsked for It. Our fran chise, tho one applied for In 1914, wns beforo the city council with a very good prospect of passing, nnd the comuany, In a successful effort to defeat it, put up tho bluff to tho council asking for a hearing. Every one knowB that they would not hnvo asked for it without bolng compelled to do so. And no ono believes that they had any Idea thnt tho council would call their bluff, but it did. Tho result wns the defent of our fran chise at that time. The fact that you now have cheaper electricity in Rend Is not due to any generosity of tho company hut Is duo to tho fact that Wo asked for n frnnchlso and com pelled action by tho company. They chnllongo us to produce un der oath, our books nnd accounts. Wo most certainly can do so nnd will ns Boon ns tho frnnchlso Is granted und wo nro a going concern. Tho rec ord showing purchnso prlco will bo tliero also, not lost liko that of tho company's. The commission will ex perience no difficulty In arriving nt tho valuo of our plant. Respectfully, Adv. 20c. STEIDL & TWEET prop., Rend, Oregon, Rox 86. 18-21p FOR SALE Small counter at tho Cozy Restaurant. 17tf FOR SALE Several good high grade dairy cows; also good gentle snddlo pony. M. W. Knickerbocker, Gist. 18-20c FOR SAJ..E Good horso nnd bug gy. Applj.AmerIcnn Rakory. 9tfo "TT WANTED. Classified Advertising "WANTED Hog fencing, nlso flvo foot woven wlro. State amounts and prices. Inquire Rullotln olllco. 20-23p WANTED- -Second hand disc har row about August 15. State size, condition nnd prlco. Stanley Smith, Mllllcnn, Oregon. ' 20p LOANS. MONEY TO LOAN $100 to $1000 amounts. Address Rox 256, Rend, Oregon. lBtf TO TRADE OR EXCHANGE TO TRADE For unincumbered eastern Oregon farm, unincumbered 105 acre-coast dairy farm. 21 head of stock, goats, tools for stock farm. If Interested write. W. M. Hill, To ledo, Oregon. 20p STEIDL MAKES REPLY LOTS LOTS LOTS mmmmmmmmm tmmmmmmmmmmmm MaHiMRaaBMiBa SPECIAL! We are SELLING LOTS at less than HALF the price asked in other Additions of equal dis tance from the business center, Lots 40X105 . $60 for lasiie, $75 for Comers UU 50X120 $75 asd $100 for Usuie Loto 50X125 $100 and $125 for Corners $5.00 Cash and $5.00 Monthly, 0 percent interest. Mr. Householder, cheaper to buy and build than to pay rent. Young Man or Young Woman, it pays to put your money in Heal Estate when you "buy right, YOU CAN BUY RIGHT from me. J. A. EASTES To tho Voters of Rend: It appears from their letter to tho voters of Rend published In last wo6ks llullctln thnt the flond Wator Light & Power Co. are anything olso but pleased because we placed be foro tho voters the full report of tho commissiona deculon and order In the recant rate hearing of the Com pany Insofar as It pertains to the electric utility, even though they say that they nro "obliged" to us for publishing It. It Is quite npparont that if tho company had desired tho pub lic to read all tho Commission had to say about their business methods thoy would hnve published the report hofore wo did. We vonturo tho as sertion that the company would hnve been still moro obliged to us If wo" had not published tho report at nil. As oxplaincd before, thnt portion of tho report portalnlng to tho water utility was not 'published for the reason thnt wo nre not seeking a wator franchise nnd It hns no placo vhatevor In this fight. Wo have 110 objections, however, of It bolng pub- iisned. Tho company would have you be lieve that thu reduction In the rates is the only Important pnrt of the ro port so far ns tho public Is concern ed nnd therefore It wns not necessary to publish only that part. We say to you, that although tho rate reduc tion Is Important, It Is not all that Is hurtful to the conrpnny, for tho part that stings .most aside, from de crease in profits, nro tIioerarta which oxpoe methods employed by tho company in "putting it over" on tho coifsumer. That will not stand public scrutiny and we da not blamo tho company for flinching under its publication. Tho cut in rates must necessarily embarrass tho compnny In view of what they had previously told tho people. You will recall tnnt when tho Rend Flour Mill franchise was before the council, Mr. Foloy pub llcally stated that If the franchise was granted and the flour mill cut off his company would be compelled to ralfo the rates from 16 to 20 per cent. Tho franchise wag granted and the flour mill was cut off. yet the commission, instead of raising the rates reduced hem over 25 per coat. Brme tlttlo dliferenco. Why did Mr. Foley mako such n statement? It was only a bluff. The company would hnve you he Heve that we have "changed front" with reference to the competency of the Public Service Commission and that we now believe In It. Wo do-J sire to mv that we hav not "chang ed front" In the, least. W do bow Advertisements inserted under tills headliiK nt the rate of ONK CENT A WORD each insertion. CasIi must accompany nil orders from persons not having n regular account tUth Tho llullctln. No advertisement ink for less than 15 cents each Insertion. FOR SALE, FOR SALE Light driving, ono horse buggy nnd harness cheap, J. A. Hrinkloy. 20tf FOR SALE or EXCHANOE Good paying confectionery business In San Diego, California. What have you got. C. A. McKlllop, Rox 215, Rend, Oregon. 2 Op LIVE AUENT3 WAXTKlJ I1IG MONEY MAKING PROPOSITION THE ICELESS QUEEN Refrigerator Refrigerates without ico or chemicals. Low priced, soils en sight. Everybody needs ono. Just tho thing for tho farmer, summer hotels, country stores', etc. otc. WrItefor Rooklot nnd ngent'c proposition,- A fow territories still open, COAST CULVERT & FLUME COMPANY Portland (Konton Sta tion) Oregon G. R. COOPER V Manufacturer of all kinds of SOFT DRINKS Office at Cold Storage Works Next to Rend Hardware Co. Wnrehouso Rend, Oregon HE WON'T COME OUT! VeIl who blames him? A glor ious tub full of wator at Just tho right temperature, with a Jolly spray, and ovory device known to modern plumbing in short, one of our up-to-date bath-rooms, with every im provement. Is it a wonder the little fellow wants to stay In? J. 0. ENQEBRETSON PLUMIUNO AND HEATING 117 Mlnueaota St. Jlend, Or, A CUSTOMER'S VIEWPOINT i OS CC8TOMKR 11KCENTLV .MADE A IlEJUltK TIHT IT WAS A COMMON MISTAKE FOn A MERCHANT TO CONTINUALLY ASK PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM DUSINESS AND TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE. ETC . SAYING THERE'S A RIGHT WAY ANIXA WRQNG ,WAY TO GET BUSINESS. THE HIGHT WAYTO GIVE YOUU CUS TOMERS QUALITY. SERVICE AND PRICES. WE APPRE CIATE THIS POINT AND WE MAKE A PRACTICE OF GET.' s TINQ OVER THE FENCE AND LOOKING AT Tin? PnnnA: SITION FROM THE CUSTOMER'S STANDPOINT. ' ' il llEND'S I1EST CJROCEUY. ' W. CMcCUISTOlsf1 ! .r o - -